Clinical Study
Efficacy of Artesunate + Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine (AS + SP) and Amodiaquine + Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine (AQ + SP) for Uncomplicated falciparum Malaria in Equatorial Guinea (Central Africa)
Table 1
Baseline characteristics.
| | Amodiaquine + sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine | Artesunate + sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine |
| | Sex | | | | Male
(%) | 62 | 53 | | Age in months (mean ± sd) | 28.2 (15) | 26.7 (15) | | Weight in Kg | 12.7 (4) | 11.7 (3) | | Temperature in ºC (mean ± sd) | 38.2 (1) | 38.3 (1) | | Parasites/microlitre
(median/IR) | 23,882 (9,360–30,480) | 24,978 (20,040–31,640) | | Haematocrit | 30 (4) | 31 (4) |
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sd (standard deviation); IR (Interquartile rank).
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